Hall of Fame
The Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame was established in 1972 by the Board of Directors of the Southern Golf Association. The following qualifications were established as criteria for nomination of an inductee, but an inductee does not have to meet every single criteria.
The candidate must have:
1) Outstanding competitive career;
2) Outstanding administrative contributions;
3) Outstanding promotional contributions;
4) The candidate must have met the above criteria while a member of a Southern Golf Association Member Club.
The first Hall of Fame inductee was appropriately Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. The award was made posthumously in July, 1972 at the 1972 Southern Amateur Championship held at the Green Island Country Club in Columbus, Georgia.
The Honor Roll of the SGA Hall of Fame is as follows:
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
Nelson Whitney
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
James W. (Billy) Key
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
Justin Leonard
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
No Election
Wyn Norwood
The Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame is unique in that it does not necessarily induct a member each year, nor does it select multiple inductees. In this, its 48th year, there have been 26 inductees with 22 years of no induction. This, in effect, makes it even more of an honor to be a member of the Southern Golf Association Hall of Fame.